I'm gonna start this by listing the best things about a denim jacket and the worst things about a leather jacket. And then I'm gonna switch it. There's a lot of set-up here because ultimately I wanna tell you about this sweet Marc by Marc Jacobs jacket that I really love (hey Marc! Send me one! Please!). This is some Cormac McCarthy fashion writing shit right here. Lots of set-up. A deadpanned payoff. Ready? Here goes.

One of my favorite year-round articles of clothing is this rather beat up denim jacket I bought when I first got to New York. It fits just right: not too loose, not too tight, juuuust right. It's wildly versatile, and perfect to wear in just about any weather, year round. Throw a T-shirt under it and your spring days and summer nights are taken care of. Throw a puffy vest over it and you can still rock it well into fall. If there was a fire and I had to grab three things in my closet, that denim jacket would be one of them. Ultimately: it cuts a great silhouette.

The worst thing about leather jackets is that you have to find The One in order to pull it off. Sure, you could pick up a leather jacket at a vintage store or a mall, but I'm willing to bet that you're going to have to poke around a bit until you find what you really like and what fits great. I love the look of The Ramones in their Schott Perfecto motorcycle jackets but those things take years to break in. And I mean years. I used to have a wonderful leather jacket with red silk lining that took every-single-day wear through a particularly harsh Chicago winter to finally break it in without the squeaking noise. But I loved that jacket. Absolutely loved it; it turned every outfit into a statement, a statement with a footnote of "Fuck You, Grandpa!" The best thing about leather jackets is that they make you look like a total badass just because you put your arms through their sleeves. They give credence to the badass image thanks to Brando and Lou Reed and just about every great outsider. It's all thanks to the leather.

Now, the worst thing about denim jackets is that they are always one step away from falling into "Canadian tuxedo" territory; the Casual Dad look. The denim jacket faces the exact opposite of what makes the leather jacket cool. A denim jacket in the wrong color or cut can make you look like the most tragically unhip person in the entire world.

But Marc Jacobs, man. Dude has some sort of wizard brain and totally Cronut'd the denim/leather jacket divide. He's somehow managed to make a leather jacket that is totally shaped like a great denim jacket, thereby taking what's great about the denim jacket (the silhouette) and combining it with what's great about the leather jacket (the, uh, leather). The result is one of the coolest jackets we've ever seen: an $895 jacket for his Marc by Marc Jacobs line, available at Mr Porter. Can you imagine how perfect this baby is going to look in five, ten, fifteen years? The denim cut and style harkens back to the classic Levi's trucker jackets, so this is literally guaraunteed to not go out of style.

Take it from me: if the cut is anything like his other jackets, this is must buy. I own a Marc Jacob flannel from a few years ago that fits perfectly.